Complete plastome sequence of Rumex japonicus (Polygonaceae) in Dok-do Island, Korea

Jin-Suk Youn; JiYoung Yang; Seung-Chul Kim; Jae-Hong Pak

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1660274

Complete plastome sequence of Rumex japonicus (Polygonaceae) in Dok-do Island, Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 3;4(2):2892-2893. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1660274.

Authors

Jin-Suk Youn¹, JiYoung Yang¹, Seung-Chul Kim², Jae-Hong Pak¹

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island and Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We reported the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Rumex japonicus in Dok-do Island, Korea. The genome size was 159,223 bp in total length with one large single-copy (LSC; 84,962 bp), one small single-copy (SSC; 12,999 bp), and 2 inverted repeat (IR) regions (IR_a and IR_b, each with 30,631 bp). The overall GC content was 37.5% and the genome contained 131 genes, including 83 protein-coding, 38 transfer RNA and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis supported monophyly of subgenus Rumex and determined the phylogenetic position of R. japonicus as sister to the clade containing R. crispus and R. nepalensis.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Dok-do Island; Polygonaceae; Rumex japonicus.